And then meet Don Lovell, a self-proclaimed counselor, consultant and curmudgeon from Atlanta, Georgia, in the good ol’ US of A.

Today, they butted heads over the vernacular differences between American and British English, and oh, what a wonderfully unnecessary debate it was. Admittedly, Coconuts uses American English across all its regional network, but Lovell here just doesn’t get the point that historically, and intentionally, ST has always used British English — and they’re not about to change it because a man thinks his English is the only English standard.

Anyway, on to the kerfuffle. Earlier this afternoon, the Singaporean publication tweeted out a report about a driver who was arrested in an alleged drunk, errrr “drink” driving case.

Not to be outdone by a damn dictionary definition, Lovell said that ST — a newspaper that’s been around since 1845 during the British colonial rule with a British man as its founding editor — should actually be using American English instead.

Though they didn’t need to entertain the American at all, ST schooled him on the origins of the English language.

We use British English. Where English comes from. Thanks and have a good day.